Chapter 3383: Miracle Doctor (Part 38)

"Let's talk about Dr. Foster again." Pride took his arm off the table, placed it in front of him again, and said, "You said he was the doctor who killed you, but why did I hear nothing but praise for him from others?"

"Because that's just the appearance he disguised!" Henry said, "He is a shameless coward, a damn thief!"

"Oh? This doesn't sound like an evaluation of someone who tortured you." Pride sneered and said, "If the facts were really as shown in the dream, he kidnapped and tortured you for no reason, shouldn't you be scolding him as a cruel executioner, an evil butcher?"

Henry opened his mouth. Shiler could see that he had scolded his inner thoughts in a hurry. But this was clearly a forced error. Pride's previous deduction had squeezed his psychological defense line to the verge of collapse.

"You think he is weak, but a weak person wouldn't have the courage to pull out someone's teeth in the screams, and cut off someone's tongue. You say he is a thief, but I don't think a few teeth and a tongue are worth him taking such a big risk to kidnap you."

"He kidnapped me because he wanted to ask my father for ransom! He pulled out my teeth just to make my father believe I was in his hands. Cutting off my tongue was also to let my father know he was torturing me, so as to force him to make a decision quickly..."

"So that's how it is." Pride said unhurriedly, "He wanted money, so he kidnapped you while you were sick and extorted ransom from your family."

"But from the final result, your family didn't seem to pay the ransom. It seems they didn't care about you at all, and even felt that money was more important than your teeth being pulled out and your tongue being cut off."

"They gave it to him!" Henry said, "But he is a shameless liar. He got the ransom, but still killed me!"

"He got the ransom?!" Shiler's eyes lit up, and he said, "How much did he get? Where is the money now?"

"I don't know." Henry said, "But it must be a large sum of money. My family tried their best to save me, they were willing to pay a lot of money for it!"

Shiler's eyes slowly changed, and he said: "Is your family still alive?"

He stretched out his finger and calculated. 60 years ago, this child was about seven or eight years old, so now he is 60-something. If there were elders, they probably wouldn't be in the world anymore.

Shiler sighed in disappointment.

"Dr. Foster got the money, then chose to tear up the ticket, took the money and went far away, becoming a respected doctor. And you became a ghost trapped here, then you are really quite pitiful."

Unexpectedly, Pride did not refute Henry's words again, but followed what he said.

"Dr. Foster's life must have been very successful. He obtained a large amount of start-up capital without much effort. He could completely use this money to treat patients and save people, exchange for a good reputation, and make people believe he was a good doctor dedicated to charity, simply like the coming of Jesus, being sought after wherever he went."

"Of course, he would also have a high status. Generally, no one would necessarily offend a doctor. He could maintain good popularity, and at the same time, in order to consolidate their rule, those in power would definitely open the back door for Dr. Foster to make the poor believe that they could indeed get treatment."

"In order to show their kindness, the nobles would definitely praise Dr. Foster, make him their guest of honor, invite him to various celebrity parties, talk about his experience of treating patients and saving people at banquets, and even cry frequently for his kindness."

"He must also have a very happy and beautiful family. Perhaps he would meet a simple but strong town girl, or be favored by a rich man's daughter, hold a blessed wedding, have a few cute children, and cultivate every one of them to be very excellent."

"Then, after he finished his happy old age, lying on the hospital bed, the people around him looked at him with eyes full of worry and reluctance. After he died, countless people would surround his coffin, feeling genuine sadness."

"Many years after his death, he became the greatest doctor in the world and the benchmark for the medical industry. Everyone who joins the medical industry has to pay tribute to him."

"And no one knows that all his success is built on your bones. And you will never have the chance to expose his true face to the world. His life has long been settled."

"Enough!" Henry gritted his teeth and said, "He stole everything from me!! These things should have been mine!!!"

"Steal? I'm afraid not." Pride shook his head and said, "You are you, he is he. Although he killed you, it cannot be denied that he also has talent in medicine. If he died and you lived, could you become the greatest doctor in the world?"

"Of course I can! This was originally my talent!"

"Having talent and actually doing it are two different things." Pride hummed in disdain, "If as you said, you were born into a wealthy merchant family, then why would you become a doctor and deal with mud-legged people who have the plague every day?"

"You said your family loves you very much, then they definitely wouldn't agree, doctor is a very dangerous job, since your family is not short of money, why take this risk?"

Shiler remembered after listening to this that in this era, doctor is not a good job, it can even be said to belong to a very lowly profession. Even if it is known by people that a priest working in a church has received patients, he will be disliked.

Because medical care is not developed in this era, infectious diseases are rampant. Once in contact with patients, there is a high possibility of being infected, and then spreading to people who deal with him. People are very afraid of this kind of thing, and they go around doctors when they meet them. Even royal doctors don't have high status, at most they are a bit stronger than those ordinary doctors.

"In summary, even if he didn't kill you, you wouldn't have achieved such high achievements as him." Pride shook his head and continued, "I express my regret for your encounter, but since it's already like this, just accept it."

"Anyway, what he interrupted might not be the life of a proud son of heaven, it is more likely that it just made an ordinary person who made no contribution to the world live a few decades less."

"Impossible!!! His fame and status should have been mine! If he hadn't killed me, I would have become the greatest doctor in the world!!!"

"Then tell me why." Pride said, "I don't see where you look like a doctor. You are the one who made the hospital a mess."

Henry's chest heaved rapidly, mist kept appearing around him, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

"I naturally have talent, I naturally can. Because I am the real Henry Foster! That guy is a thief who stole my body!!!"

Shiler opened his eyes slightly, but Pride showed an expression of realization.

Shiler thought slightly and understood what was going on.

Henry said quickly: "He is an evil spirit from nowhere, suddenly occupied my body, and kept abusing and beating me, fighting with me for control of the body."

"I couldn't fight him at all. He stole my body and drove my soul out, making me a homeless ghost. He is a complete bastard!!!"

Shiler and Pride looked at each other.

"Dissociative identity disorder."

"Obvious."

"When did it split?"

"I guess it has something to do with his mother."

"I think so too."

Pride looked at Henry and said: "When did he appear in your body?"

Henry stared at him without speaking.

"If you don't say it, I'll say it." Shiler continued, "You learned about the sacrificial ritual from somewhere, and you wanted to sacrifice your mother. But just at this time, another you appeared."

"That's right. He is an evil spirit, because he appeared after I came into contact with Manny. He must be one of the patients killed by Manny, because he wanted to be resurrected, he followed me!"

Shiler looked at Pride again and said: "Multiple personalities born from inconsistent major life decisions are rare, but not impossible."

"He should have suffered some abuse before." Pride added, "It may be that the tight economic situation caused him to be discriminated against, or he was really too short of money, and the huge survival pressure triggered anxiety."

"Exactly. His mother might have taken him through a period of displacement and hunger, which made him eager to change. After encountering the evil spirit and learning about the sacrificial ritual, he felt he had a chance and targeted his mother."

"But there is also a side in his personality that is close to his mother, which had a disagreement with his decision. Under huge mental pressure, he split into two personalities. One is Henry, the other is Foster."

"The problem now is how Foster kicked Henry out." Shiler thought for a while and said, "Considering that there is magic in this world, it is not impossible. We didn't have this condition back then."

Pride glanced at him sideways, and then said: "Who do you want to kick out?"

Shiler didn't show weakness and said: "That depends on who wants to kick me out."

Both turned their heads away at the same time.

Then they looked at Henry at the same time.

The eyes of the two even made Henry take half a step back. Shiler spoke first: "Don't be nervous, Henry. We just have some questions we want to ask you, as long as you can answer us, everything is negotiable."

He picked up the paper and pen on the table and said: "What method did Dr. Foster use to expel you from his body? Magic?"

"He... he made trouble in my sacrificial ritual, causing me to suffer backlash. And took advantage of my weakness to find an exorcist to expel me from his body."

"After being expelled, you couldn't go back?"

"The exorcist set up a protective magic circle on his body. I tried several times but couldn't go back. This damn, despicable thief."

Shiler ignored Henry's new round of output. He continued to ask: "Then why is the Dr. Foster who appeared in your memory an adult? Weren't you both children at that time?"

Pride tapped the table lightly and said: "It should be that he learned about Dr. Foster's news later and saw his photo. Because of jealousy, he imagined him as a perverted killer who abuses children."

"Also, this kind of person is best at deceiving himself."

"But the things Dr. Foster did should also have meaning." Pride speculated, "He pulled out Henry's teeth and nails, and then cut off his tongue, which might mean that he gradually defeated Henry in the body battle and restricted Henry's actions, making him gradually unable to speak, unable to walk, and finally completely lose control of the body."

"And when Henry attacked his mother, he took over control of the body, interfered with the ritual at a critical moment, caused the ritual to fail, and took the opportunity to seriously injure Henry and successfully expelled him from the body."

"Then why doesn't Henry blame Dr. Foster, but instead goes to blame Manny and imagines her as the source of the tragedy?" Shiler talked to himself, paused for a moment and said, "I understand. Dr. Foster and Manny should be in the same group."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3384 =====